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Sterling silver tableware at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Description:
Brock & Company Jewelers was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. Founded by George A. Brock in 1903, it was sold in 1964 and the business ended s few years later. It was located at 515 West Seventh St. and had a 2nd location at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel
Date:
[between 1928-1938
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Sterling silver tableware at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Nine watches at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Description:
Brock & Company Jewelers was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. Founded by George A. Brock in 1903, it was sold in 1964 and the business ended s few years later. It was located at 515 West Seventh St. and had a 2nd location at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel.
Date:
[between 1928-1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Nine watches at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1928-1938

Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Description:
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, with art deco style furnishings including an upholstered chair, an x-back chair with a upholstered seat, a wood paneled cabinet, the walls decorated with two framed fashion illustrations and two sconces. There is an elaborate paneled wooden door and the floor is covered in carpet with a design formed by thin rectangles.
Date:
[circa 1930?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Description:
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, with art deco interior decoration including dark paneled walls with light, narrow horizontal bands, a sconce, and a narrow wall mirror behind a low mirror-topped table with small wooden sculpture of a woman. The floor is covered with a curvilinear design, perhaps formed by inlaid wood.
Date:
[circa 1930?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Description:
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, with art deco style furnishings including two x-back chairs with upholstered seats framing a curtained doorway, a round wall mirror. The floor is covered in carpet with a design formed by thin rectangles. A room with a wall covered in striped panels is visible beyond.
Date:
[circa 1930?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Description:
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, with art deco style furnishings including an upholstered chair, a wood paneled cabinet, the walls decorated with a sconce, a bas-relief sculpture of a woman's head and two framed fashion illustrations.
Date:
[circa 1930?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Interior view of "Irene LTD," a dress shop of designer Irene Lentz Gibbons, Los Angeles, (circa 1930?)

Woman with cat, probably the wife of artist Stanley Reckless, in the studio of their Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Description:
Stanley Reckless was born Stanley Zbytniewski. In 1913 he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), studied under Daniel Garber. In 1915, 1916 he was awarded 2 Cresson Traveling Scholarships, and traveled to Paris, enrolling briefly at the Academie Julian. In 1920 he moved to Lumberville, Pennsylvania and started exhibiting at PAFA, the National Academy of Design, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In 1924 he settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where he painted the landscape and shared a studio with Charles Hargens. In 1930 he moved to California where he painted portraits of members of the film industry. He co-founded the Art Center School in Los Angeles.
Date:
[between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Woman with cat, probably the wife of artist Stanley Reckless, in the studio of their Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Technician engraving the bell of a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

Description:
Technician applying engraved foliate decoration to the bell of a brass horn with a knife-like tool at the F. E. Olds and Son plant (probably a cornet, trumpet or trombone). Several engraving tools and a bowl of water (?) are on the work bench in front of him. He holds the horn with a piece of cloth and the bell of the horn rests on a piece of cloth. He wears a visor and a leather apron.
Date:
[between 1933 to 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Technician engraving the bell of a brass horn at the F. E. Olds and Son plant, Los Angeles, 1933-1939

Ring, cuff links, tie clip and cigarette case at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Brock & Company Jewelers was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. Founded by George A. Brock in 1903, it was sold in 1964 and the business ended s few years later. It was located at 515 West Seventh St. and had a 2nd location at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Ring, cuff links, tie clip and cigarette case at the Brock & Company jewelry and gift store, Los Angeles, 1930